Gianni Hill is a York Catholic student who lives in West Manchester Township.
I’m a high school student. I’m a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and I am sick and tired of people dying from perfectly preventable gun violence. Dec. 14, 2012, I was in sixth grade, and I remember exactly where I was when I found out a gunman massacred innocent men, women and children at Sandy Hook. That night, WGAL told my parents to hug my brother and me just a little tighter before bed and tell us it would never happen again. Since then over 180 times it has happened, an average of a week and a half between each, but that’s just the shootings with a death. The fact I’ve only heard of about 15 scares me. This year alone there have been 45 school shootings, on pace to hit nearly 100. We have become desensitized to death and destruction. As an American, the process of responding to these tragedies is frustratingly simple. A united Pavlovian chorus, we offer our prayers, wish each other well, and those in charge promise it will never happen again because they’re going to do something. I’m still waiting.

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Source: York Daily Record by Gianni Hill Published 10:46 a.m. ET June 4, 2018.